The episode that I watched was about a woman who was living a very austere life in Ireland.
I wonder if this sort of lifestyle could evolve, moving with today's technology. Would the idea of solar panels and wind power be practical for self-sufficient electrical power? Could water for non-drinking purposes being available by means of a sewage treatment plant? Would being able to find one's own water by means of storing rainwater and creating it by means of a dehumidifier or a vaporising plant be practical? Without harming the environment, would it be possible to have an incinerator for burning rubbish, using the ashes, charcoal and roasted, carbonated granules for land fill, with the exhaust being burned off as energy?
The first part of the programme showed how the woman lived in total austerity. She was living without electricity, running water, and any commercial source of energy whatsoever. The woman had basically gone back to nature and was living off the fat of the land and doing without the things that other people take for granted.
However, I found it amusing when, after showing how she lived like someone from the 18th Century, she was able to climb into a modern, state-of-the-art, saloon car, to go and collect her water.
I wonder if this sort of lifestyle could evolve, moving with today's technology. Would the idea of solar panels and wind power be practical for self-sufficient electrical power? Could water for non-drinking purposes being available by means of a sewage treatment plant? Would being able to find one's own water by means of storing rainwater and creating it by means of a dehumidifier or a vaporising plant be practical? Without harming the environment, would it be possible to have an incinerator for burning rubbish, using the ashes, charcoal and roasted, carbonated granules for land fill, with the exhaust being burned off as energy?
The first part of the programme showed how the woman lived in total austerity. She was living without electricity, running water, and any commercial source of energy whatsoever. The woman had basically gone back to nature and was living off the fat of the land and doing without the things that other people take for granted.
However, I found it amusing when, after showing how she lived like someone from the 18th Century, she was able to climb into a modern, state-of-the-art, saloon car, to go and collect her water.